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hpv help
I am a 19 yr old female, and about 1 month ago had unprotected sex with a guy i didn't know very well. i later found out by a friend that he possibly has hpv. how can i know what type of hpv it is? i didnt see any warts on him does this mean i can still get them? what are the chances that i will develop warts? if i don't develop them after 3 months is there still a chance i will get them? and how contaigous is it (can you transfer it to someone through saliva)? if a person gets genital warts does this mean you will get them on other parts of your body if you touch them? i am aware that they wont go away for ever.
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I am not sure about this. You could post in the GYN forum on this site and see if anyone there can answer or call the docs office where you got the first two. I would hope that having the two protects you some but I don't know enough about it. I do wish I could have them! They say I am past the age limit.
thank u for ur advice, there's a bit of an issue i'm not sure if i can complete my vaccines-- what i mean by this is i took two doses of hpv vaccine and missed the last one, i look back now and wish i had already taken the last one. is it too late now for me to take the last one. would it still help my body ? i took the last two vaccines in 2009. i hope there's still hope for the last dose of the vaccine to prevent any further strains of hpv.
There is no way to know percentages. Many people never show symptoms because the immune system clears the strain without allowing it to become a cell change issue or warts. Because men do not have the same issues with cell changes they don't know they even have high risk strains. Even women are not tested without there being dyplasia present or if a woman requests testing. So I am sure many people have symptoms but because they do not see their docs and have testing as they should they cleared the strain without detection. It is important that you do have your yearly exams and like we both said, get the vac's. You are young and these help to prevent the strains that are most common for causing cancer risks as well as some that cause warts.
Yes you could be a lucky one who gets a strain and has no symptoms. This doesn't mean you can't get other strains with future sexual partners so use condoms. Also just grinding, skin to skin sex play without penetraition has a risk for transmission.
Education is the key to health. Sex isn't bad, just there are risks and you need to protect yourself.
Yes you could be a lucky one who gets a strain and has no symptoms. This doesn't mean you can't get other strains with future sexual partners so use condoms. Also just grinding, skin to skin sex play without penetraition has a risk for transmission.
Education is the key to health. Sex isn't bad, just there are risks and you need to protect yourself.
Thanks to the both of you!! This is all very helpful, yet i do have one more question. how much of a percentage of people have high risk hpv and low risk? and by saying that most people do not show any symptoms do you mean that they will not have warts nor cell changes at all? i'm hoping that would be an option, i'd hate to get either. Again, thanks to the both of you i feel better now that i'm informed.
I guess we were responding at the same time so hope I didn't give too much of the same info! lol...I also wanted to tell you to go get the vaccines.
HPV is transmitted via skin to skin contact not with fluid exchange. You don't know for sure he has HPV and even if he does it is very common and most sexually active adults will have it at some point. Condoms do help prevent but are not 100%. I would suggest though that you always use condoms. There is much worse than HPV when taking risks with sex. There is no way to know what strains he might have and if you test positive usually docs can only tell you if you have high risk, low risk or both. Just because you don't see symptoms doesn't mean you can't get HPV from someone. symptoms can show up at any time but often between 3 to 8 months. No one can tell you if you will get warts or cell changes. High risk strain can cause cell changes, low risk strains can cause warts. Many people never have any symptoms. You need to be sure to have your yealy paps. I would suggest one soon. Gentail warts are just that, gential. Warts on other parts of the body are from different types of HPV. All warts are caused by strains of HPV. Yes, your body can clear HPV, you will have it forever but not have symptoms. This means once you get a strain you can't get it again. In some cases people have flare ups but that is not the norm.
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Don't freak out over rumors. Just ask him if you will freak too much. Even if he did have it, he might no longer be contagious and even if he wasn't out of the woods yet he might not have been contagious at that moment.
Since you are 19, you may want to consider the vaccine. It protects you against the most common strains of HPV that lead to cervical cancer and warts, well over the majority of HPV cases are protected with this vaccine. It's up to $500 and is three shots over six months, but HPV is so common that if you do not wind up in a monogamous relationship very soon and for the rest of your life, there is a high probabiltiy, around 80% or so, that you will get it at some poiint in your life. If you get it, it could be no big deal, one or two visits to the doctor, but it will still be a part of your life and thought process for one to two years. Warts are not dangerous, they are a nuisance, even high risk HPV is rarely a health risk as long as you are getting regular exams.
Good luck. Hope this helped.